SPFL should wait until June before calling league

Uefa yesterday signalled a route for top-flight leagues to be ‘called’, ensuring an access route to the Champions and Europa Leagues for qualifying teams. Their official line – everyone’s official line, including Celtic’s – remains that leagues should be completed where possible, but that outcome remains highly unlikely.

When parties conflict during negotiations or a dispute, one will often have a deadline working against them. Having taken the null and void outcome off the table, the SPFL have given themselves time, unlike their principle protagonists, who have deadlines looming.

If I was Neil Doncaster, I would wait until the final possible moment before the Premiership is called. If the SPFL board called the league on Friday, it would be too late to provide prize money to cover April wages, but it is likely several of the league’s cash-impaired clubs will need this money to be released by the middle of next month.

I would be happy to wait until early June, when every theoretical possibility is exhausted. Do the right thing and be seen to do the right thing. Make Celtic wait, give football every possible chance, there is no hurry. If the SPFL waits, their preparedness in providing for the lower leagues and patience over the Premiership will be unimpeachable.

Maybe Budge and Park could apply to the League for a loan? Just an ideal, to help them through the period without prize money.

Surely Celtic could offer some kind of credit as it wouldn’t be fare for supporters who have supported the club to loose out in what could be a record breaking season next year ( if it goes ahead at all)

The Dutch league’s statement is interesting as is UEFAs words, they’ve not talking about awarding leagues, they are using words like cancellation and abandon. Hopefully the Dutch call the league and award Ajax and AZ as joint champions.

Extending the season ticket renewal deadline by one month was inadequate. I suspect the Board have done this as a goodwill gesture but also to buy themselves some time. There should be more clarity on what will happen with this seasons games which we cannot attend and also how it will play out next season if its partially behind closed doors

Is Cancel the new Null and Void ? Shortbread freely throwing about the suggestion that the league is about to be Cancelled . According to Shortbread, all the other (Scottish) leagues have already been cancelled. Definitely smell a Rat.

When it was originally announced that football was suspended until 3rd April, I wrote on these very pages “Which year?”

Given the value of footballers is now zero (less than that for many), and that they will generate zero revenue for an extended period, the clubs are left with just two options: Get rid of them asap; or go bust.

Informed legal advice describes the notion of clubs using cash from Season Ticket sales absent a season as ‘problematic’, and ‘exposing the Directors to personal liability’. It’s considered ‘unlikely’ that 3rd party credit providers would release funds to clubs in any event.

The Football Economy has stopped. There’s no revenue, and no near-term prospect of revenue.

Expect a slew of insolvent reconstructions coming to a league near you soon.

I was similarly alarmed at the Radio Scotland sports reporter’s item about 45 minutes ago. He was pushing the Aberdeen chairman’s call for some sort of investigation. He obviously supported the idea. He wasn’t simply reporting.

Where did you read that about the Bundesliga? Had a wee peek and couldn’t see it. Also, didn’t I read somewhere that clubs cannot dip in to the season ticket money? A bit like a lawyer using his client account to pay bills?

From previous thread, I am not a moon landing faker, pretty sure we landed there. Funny shades or no funny shadows.

Interesting take on the Coved-19 power grab of sorts from old Edward Snowden. Just the 22 mins of your time.

Neil Doncaster flying solo in the Response Group Broadcasting sub-division brings to mind internal audit days and the suspicion felt by some company owners about finance managers/directors who were reluctant to use their annual holiday entitlement.

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“It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright now. I’m fine with how it all went down.

I’m sure been said on here dozens of time – the term “conspiracy theory ” was invented by the CIA and used to discredit people who were exposing their wrong-doings. Its been quite a successful tactic too.

Now any shining a light on what maybe establishment wrong-doing your then immediately and conveniently you will be branded a ………….conspiracy theorist !

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